"I'll Sing You a Thousand Love Songs" (1936)

Back to 1936, we come across “I’ll Sing You a Thousand Love Songs” from the Warner Brothers release "Cain and Mabel" starring Marion Davies and Clark Gable.

The movie is a lot of fun, with the two leads well-cast and tons of snappy Warner Brothers dialogue!

It’s also the rare movie of the period where Mr. Gable (on loan to WB from MGM) does not sport his trademark moustache. I’ve heard that’s because it hadn’t grown back yet from when he shaved it off for 1935’s “Mutiny on the Bounty,” but I think it’s more likely that the moustache just didn’t fit his role as a prizefighter!

As for the Dubin & Warren song “I’ll Sing You a Thousand Love Songs,” it gets a huge production number in the movie with Robert Paige (under his prior stage name of David Carlyle) singing the song.

Here’s a nice version on Decca Records from pianist Henry King and his Orchestra with violinist Joseph Sudy on the vocal:

I think Henry King’s band has such an elegant sound and Joe Sudy’s vocals fit just right!